Lecturii Ion Quotes

#1. Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok?

Thomas Sowell

#2. Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour.

Neil Gaiman

#3. When a problem first arises, try to remain humble and maintain a sincere attitude, and be concerned that the outcome is fair.

Dalai Lama

#4. Show physical affection. Nothing says "I love you" like bearing the entirety of your spouse's weight.

Jesse Petersen

#5. For example, when my mother died, the people who showed up just to put an apron on to cook, people who really do the right thing, so to speak, as my momma would always say to show that they care, a sense of community that we've lost so much in our country.

Sela Ward

#6. It's hard not
to jump out
instead of
waiting to be
found. It's
hard to be
alone so long
and then hear
someone come
around. It's
like some form
of skin's developed
in the air
that, rather
than have torn,
you tear.
Hide and Seek

Kay Ryan

#7. To live ... in any sense of the word ... is to reject others; to accept them, one must renounce, do oneself violence.

Emile M. Cioran

#8. There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.

Philip James Bailey

#9. But the good thing about life is that we can fix our mistakes sometimes. We learn from them. We get better.

R.J. Palacio

#10. Memoir today is like one big game of misery poker: The more outlandish, outrageous, or just plain out-there the recounted life, the more likely the book is to attract the attention of reviewers, talk-show bookers, and, ultimately, the public.

Ben Yagoda

#11. Once I broke him out of jail, as it were, I would be responsible for him until my lawyers took over.

Hunter S. Thompson